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Order of Lessons

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Thu, 03/24/2022 - 12:32
mr.ch.niroumand
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Hi Sir David

I have just started to watch yourvideos from Lessons part, but Im kinda confused about the order

Could you please guide me the order of lessons inside each Level? is it started simply from left to right? or it has some special precedure?

 

Thank you in advance

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Thu, 03/24/2022 - 21:09
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Hello mr.ch.niroumand,

Hello mr.ch.niroumand, welcome to the site. After logging in, the page that opens up is called your dashboard. This is the same page that opens up when clicking on your user name at the top right of any page. On this page is a large video frame with a play button in the middle titled “Watch Me First!” Watch this video, this tells you how to use the sight and where to start.

As a beginner, you’ll start with Blues Harmonica Fundamentals (https://www.bluesharmonica.com/lessons/blues_harmonica_fundamentals). After this lesson you’ll move on to studying two lessons at the same time… Tongue Block Study 1 (https://www.bluesharmonica.com/lessons/tongue_blocking_1) and Solo Harmonica Study 1 (https://www.bluesharmonica.com/lessons/solo_study_1).

As you work through your lessons, you can also watch two beginning students on camera work through the same material with me. These students are my wife Sharon Barrett (https://www.bluesharmonica.com/contributor/sharon-barrett) and Hob Bosold (https://www.bluesharmonica.com/contributor/hob_bosold). You’ll find their questions, and my answers to their questions, helpful in your studies as well.

If you have any questions during your studies, feel free to ask.

Best wishes on your studies.

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Mon, 04/11/2022 - 01:30
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Dear David Thank you very

Dear David

Thank you very much for your quick answer. I have gone through the lessons by your guidance and also in accordance with Quick Reference Guide

I have a question on study song "Walk With me" in Tongue Blocking Study 1

as it has been mentioned on this lesson, the harmonica which we shall use is in key of A. but on the note sheet, it seems that the note is provided for C harmonica. for example, the first note is B and you can reach it by drawing 3rd hole on C harmonica, but as I said, it's mentioned that we shall hold A harmonica (If I draw the 3rd hole of A harmonica, it sounds Ab)

Im a bit confused on this matter. would you please clarify for me?

Thank you dear David

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Mon, 04/11/2022 - 07:31
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Hello mr.ch.niroumand. You

Hello mr.ch.niroumand. You are correct, all conversations and thinking are as if you're playing on a C Harmonica. Since we have 12 keys of harmonica, we simply choose one to think on (the key of C doesn't have any sharps or flats, so it is the most simple).

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Tue, 04/12/2022 - 03:20
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One more question

So for this lesson specificly, should I grab my A harmonica and go through the note sheet (which is written for C harmonica in fact), or hold my C harmonica from the beginning?

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Tue, 04/12/2022 - 07:16
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Hello mr.ch.niroumand. Use

Hello mr.ch.niroumand. Use the harmonica I use in the video lesson or provided MP3s.

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